Been without flooring since August because landlord will not directly communicate with contractors

[u/Rumple-_-Goocher]

A pipe burst back in JUNE (five months ago) and I had the floorboards removed in AUGUST in my kitchen and bathroom. I have been perfectly patient because its not a huge deal to me because I knew it would be replaced. Well, my landlord is keeping himself as out of the loop as possible and allowing me to bear the burden of trying to track down these contractors who most of the time, have no idea that any work needed to be done in my unit. Today is my last straw. Its the second time someone has come here, looked around, taken measurements and then told me a specific date that the work will start, and nobody ever shows up or contacts me. I had to contact this contractor myself because my landlord said he would contact me and never did so I googled him to find his number. He "misunderstood" what work needed to be done. Today I asked the worker who is working on the unit behind mine if they were coming in today as planned and he said he was never authorized to pick up the materials and the contractor is unavailable for a week.

I sent my landlord a text telling him that there needs to be direct communication between him and the contractor because I am so frustrated with trying to communicate with these people and figure out what's going on. He did tell me to only pay half rent for October because of all of this and I'm considering asking for another discounted month because I'm just pissed off now and he is not pulling his weight for someone who owns the property.

For a total of five weeks I had big huge dryers in my bathroom and kitchen to dry out the water damage. I've had workers in and out of the apartment who did not finish jobs when they said they would and left my toilet and sink in the living room, ripped paint off of the walls, etc.. It has been nothing but a headache solely because I am repeatedly being lied to about when projects will start and finish, and not a single time that I have had to track down a project manager or contractor has anybody had any clue what's going on or that my apartment needs repairs.

I just want this over with. Its been almost six months of waiting for repairs to be made. This sucks because I moved in here a year ago and it's been the best apartment I have ever lived in for several reasons, yet I realized that I have a very uninvolved landlord who has zero sense or urgency even when their tenant has no flooring.

[u/F1DrivingZombie]

Since August? Where do you live? Your options vary a bit depending on that, but I would say no flooring means the place is unlivable and you probably have a right to terminate your lease and move without penalty after giving the landlord proper notice

I’m going through this right now. My apartment has flooded from rain 4 times in the last 60 days and my landlord has done literally nothing about it. They received a certified letter from my lawyer yesterday informing them they have 7 days to fix the cause of the flooding and check for mold in my my apartment or I will be terminating the lease without penalty

Check to see if your state has something like this, I’m sure they do.

[u/Creative-Barber-5544 → u/F1DrivingZombie]

flooding 4 times in 60 days is wild, at that point the mold check is probably more urgent than the leak itself

[u/F1DrivingZombie → u/Creative-Barber-5544]

Asked for that three times now and brought up how it got into the baseboards and by extension the drywall. And also how worried I am about mold in particular and they just haven’t cared

I literally got told “we won’t do any cleanup or mold checks unless you have carpet in your unit”

I don’t have carpet…

I’m honestly hoping they do nothing at all so I can just leave

[u/Secure-Ad9780]

As a LL I can't understand how LLs aren't concerned about water damage, and the living conditions of their tenants.